An American history . glish prisoners in all this Spain made thesimple answer: These menwere pirates, defying thelaws of Spain within theSpanish empire. And QueenElizabeth, much as she s^Tnpathized with her own people,could not deny that Hawkins in Mexico was a trespasser. 30. The Policy of Elizabeth. Although Elizabeth could notopenly take sides with Hawkins, she secretly encouraged Englishmen followed his example, and the queen, inspite of numerous protests from Spain, refused to treat themas pirates. Her motive was twofold. Being a farsightedstatesman, she saw that Americ
An American history . glish prisoners in all this Spain made thesimple answer: These menwere pirates, defying thelaws of Spain within theSpanish empire. And QueenElizabeth, much as she s^Tnpathized with her own people,could not deny that Hawkins in Mexico was a trespasser. 30. The Policy of Elizabeth. Although Elizabeth could notopenly take sides with Hawkins, she secretly encouraged Englishmen followed his example, and the queen, inspite of numerous protests from Spain, refused to treat themas pirates. Her motive was twofold. Being a farsightedstatesman, she saw that America was the key to the future,that whoever controlled the treasures of America would play aleading part in Europe. Furthermore, England, once afirst-class power,^ had sunk to a secondary position. It was During the Middle Ages England rose to the high position of chief powerin the west of Europe. Henry V, called the Napoleon of the Middle Ages,was the mightiest sovereign of his time. Under him England was at the head of. -^.m^ii THE PROLOGUE TO AMERICAN HISTORY 19 a passion with Elizabeth and all her people to restore Englandto its old importance. But if they did that, Spanish ascend-ancy in Europe ^ would be threatened. They judged correctlythat Spain would make every effort to prevent the return ofEngland to a place among the great powers. Therefore theyconcentrated their energies in a fixed determination to under-mine the strength of Spain. 31. The Revolt of the Netherlands. They had a greatchance in 1576. In that year the Netherlands (see footnotebelow) seceded and formed a separate government. Relent-less war was the result. The Dutch appealed to Elizabeth was not quite ready for open war with refused to become the confessed ally of the Nether-lands, although in secret she ser^t them both money- andsoldiers. 32. Sir Francis Drake. She took a similar course forsome ten years longer with regard to the Indies. Whiledenying that she was an enemy of Spain, s
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